New York City faced explosive unmet demand for seaside recreation

Evidence

And still, the need was so great that every summer weekend families from New York City flocked to Long Island, trying Jericho Turnpike instead of Northern Boulevard, or the South Shore instead of the North, or a side road they had noticed the weekend before and which would, they felt sure, lead to a beach they could use—an endless eastward-bound stream of baseless hope that lasted from dawn to late afternoon. And all forecasts showed that the need would rapidly grow greater still: the city’s population, which had increased by a million persons during the past ten years, was expected to increase by another million during the next ten. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 687

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: New York City already owned thousands of undeveloped acres on Long Island — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 706

Broader Connections

• New York City already owned thousands of undeveloped acres on Long Island #qualifies (0.75) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 706